Study Guide
Study Guide Contents
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Beginner's Guide to Opera
- Who's Who At the Opera
- The Lyric Opera House
- BOC Education Programs
- A Bibliography of Selected Readings
- Education Resources
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2002-2003 SEASON
PREVIOUS OPERAS
Die Fledermaus
Operetta in three acts
Music - Johann Strauss, Jr.
Libretto - Carl Haffner and Richard Genée
Based on the play Le Réveillon by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
First performed on April 5, 1874, Vienna, Austria
Production Underwritten by Cingular Wireless
Principal characters:
ROSALINDA VON EISENSTEIN Married to Gabriel, but with a roving eye lyric soprano
GABRIEL VON EISENSTEIN Married to Rosalinda, but with an even greater roving eye baritone (sometimes sung by a tenor)
ADELE Rosalinda’s chambermaid with an eye to fame and fortune coloratura soprano
ALFRED An Italian tenor with a naturally roving eye lyric tenor
DR. FALKE Eisenstein’s erstwhile friend with an eye towards goodnatured revenge baritone
PRINCE ORLOVSKY A Russian prince with a monocle in his eye mezzo-soprano (Many modern productions have had the role sung by a male soprano)
BLIND A Lawyer tenor
FRANK The Prison Warden baritone
IDA Adele’s Sister speaking role
Die Fledermaus takes place in Vienna in the latter part of the 19th century